The night overstays your company
You know the day will break again
if you refuse
to give yourself away to despair
The lover
who
wraps herself around your throat
digs her claws in your arteries
laughs at your virility
injects lead into your feet
claims you to be hers
while
fails to admit she is the trespasser
Photo taken by Cassa Bassa at Collaroy beach, Sydney Northern beaches, Australia
This is very dark, yet very powerful Cassa.
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I took this photo at the beach just after sunset. So I used it as a prompt to write this. It feels like the night is just beginning, so a long night struggle with darkness.
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There can be beauty in the darkness. ๐
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Indeed.
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Engaging poem. I particularly like “The night overstays your company” Nicely done.
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Thank you Lisa!
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Nice :). I struggle with metaphorical writing because I just create a literal mental image of what the words say! But with enough reading I managed to ignore that and figure it out xD. With longer poems it’s just too exhausting and impossible, so I like your shorter ones ๐.
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I have relatively short attention span….so…..I make it short ๐คช
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Good! Me too ๐. It’s nice that there are people who writer shorter things ๐ ๐.
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“fails to admit she is the trespasser”– loved this line.
Thoughtful poem.
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Despair is the lover. . .
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